One of this man's essays describes how babies are not allowed to crawl and how a puberty rite consists of filing down teeth. That essay begins with an anecdote in which he and his wife run from the police and end up sipping tea with a person who provides an alibi for them. He wrote the book Negara, describing the "theatre state" in the country which was the site of his most famous work. In one work, this man uses the example of a wink to show that simple actions have many meanings. In another essay, he describes how Bentham's "deep play" takes place in the Balinese cockfight. For 10 points, na
One of this man's essays describes how babies are not allowed to crawl and how a puberty rite consists of filing down teeth. That essay begins with an anecdote in which he and his wife run from the police and end up sipping tea with a person who provides an alibi for them. He wrote the book Negara, describing the "theatre state" in the country which was the site of his most famous work. In one work, this man uses the example of a wink to show that simple actions have many meanings. In another essay, he describes how Bentham's "deep play" takes place in the Balinese cockfight. For 10 points, name this anthropologist who pioneered "thick description" in The Interpretation of Cultures.
One of this man's essays describes how babies are not allowed to crawl and how a puberty rite consists of filing down teeth.
Clifford {Geertz}